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Autor/in | Dixon, L. Quentin |
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Titel | The Role of Home and School Factors in Predicting English Vocabulary among Bilingual Kindergarten Children in Singapore |
Quelle | In: Applied Psycholinguistics, 32 (2011) 1, S.141-168 (28 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0142-7164 |
DOI | 10.1017/S0142716410000329 |
Schlagwörter | Mothers; Family Income; Reading Achievement; Vocabulary; Multilingualism; Monolingualism; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Mandarin Chinese; Vocabulary Development; Family Environment; Educational Environment; Bilingualism; Role; Prediction; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Measures (Individuals); Educational Attainment; Indonesian; Dravidian Languages; Singapore; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Mother; Mutter; Familieneinkommen; Leseleistung; Wortschatz; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Wortschatzarbeit; Familienmilieu; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bilingualismus; Rollen; Vorhersage; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Messdaten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Singapur |
Abstract | Research in monolingual populations indicate that vocabulary knowledge is essential to reading achievement, but how vocabulary develops in bilingual children has been understudied. The current study investigated the role of home and school factors in predicting English vocabulary among 284 bilingual kindergartners (168 Chinese, 65 Malay, 51 Indian) in the multilingual context of Singapore. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Third Edition was administered in English and in translations into Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. Home factors including caretaker language, television language, and mother tongue vocabulary were found to be significant predictors of English vocabulary, controlling for mother's years of education and family income. The curriculum emphasis of the kindergarten center was also found to be a significant predictor of English vocabulary. (Contains 7 tables, 1 figure, and 5 notes.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |